{"id":28119,"date":"2016-10-01T17:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/alys-fowler-learn-to-love-plant-labels\/"},"modified":"2016-10-01T17:11:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T10:11:02","slug":"alys-fowler-learn-to-love-plant-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/alys-fowler-learn-to-love-plant-labels\/","title":{"rendered":"Alys Fowler: learn to love plant labels"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWriting down the plant\u2019s name is a must. However much you believe you will remember it, you won\u2019t Over the years I\u2019ve kept many diaries: seed sowing, daily temperatures (max and min), night temperatures (max and min), propagation, first flowering, trials, tribulations and some heartache. They are all interesting in one way or another. Gardening is an art, but there\u2019s a great deal of science to make it work; understanding the many variables is part of mastering it. Or, if mastering\u2019s too much to hope for, a diary at least allows you to recognise your own messy, variable\u00a0ways.If nothing else, learn to love plant labels. Yes, they are unsightly, and there\u2019s nothing sadder than a graveyard of them littering a bed, but there is no better way to record plant information. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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